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It's governmental my dear Watson

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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October 18 2010

When Sherlock Holmes says "its elementary," he's saying "of course this is the way it is."

An injunction to shield public documents

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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October 25 2010

When an agency in Pennsylvania gets a right to know request, it has a couple of options

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court provides direction in residency hearings

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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August 16 2010

In the recent case of Behm v Wilmington Area School District, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court provided some clarity on the due process rights of parents involved in a residency dispute with a school district

When access and control will not render a record public

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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August 17 2010

The Commonwealth Court recently issued a decision in the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County v the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records and Lackawanna County, No. 35 M.D. 2010 (Pa. Cmwlth

Executive sessions for litigation under the PA Sunshine Act

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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August 18 2010

In what should have been an obvious decision, the PA Commonwealth Court recently gave guidance to public bodies holding executive sessions related to litigation matters

Your kid not going to school? Don't sue the superintendent!

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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September 22 2010

The PA Commonwealth Court published an opinion earlier this month involving a parent with skewed sense of perspective

OOR and the non-criminal investigation exception

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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September 23 2010

In another setback for the Office of Open Records ("OOR"), the Commonwealth Court has ruled that records collected as part of a mandatory inspection and survey are covered by the "non-criminal investigation" exception of the RTKL

Pay to play

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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October 27 2010

Illinois is a state whose constitution specifies it offers a "free education."

OOR and home addresses

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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November 2 2010

The OOR (Office of Open Records, the initial body to which appeals of right to know issues go) has narrowed its interpretation of Judge Friedman's injunction related to the release of school employees' home addresses

PA Supreme Court restores injunction

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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November 1 2010

Teachers' home addresses are again shielded from requests under the PA Right to Know Law